EP4304955A1

EP4304955A1 - System, method and use for picking objects for eyeglass manufacturing

Info

Publication number: EP4304955A1
Application number: EP22711054.1A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Torsten Gerrath; Helwig Buchenauer; Gunter Schneider
Original assignee: Schneider GmbH and Co KG
Current assignee: Schneider GmbH and Co KG
Priority date: 2021-03-08
Filing date: 2022-03-08
Publication date: 2024-01-17
Also published as: WO2022189414A1; US20240150124A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a system (1), a method and a use for picking objects (2) for eyeglass manufacturing. The objects (2) are stored in storage containers (3) and are output by means of a collecting belt (16, 26, 36) in such a way that objects (2) belonging to a defined work order (4) are deposited adjacent to each other. At a storage output point (17, 27, 37), a transport box (50) is loaded with the deposited objects (2) belonging to a defined work order (4) and the loaded transport box (50) is transported out of the system (1).

Description

System, method and use for order picking of items for the production of eyeglasses

The present invention relates to a system for transporting and storing objects, in particular optical objects, according to the preamble of patent claim 1, a method for issuing stored objects according to the preamble of patent claims 24, 31 or 35, and the use of such a device or such a procedure for picking.

A generic device and a generic method are known, for example, in the form of systems and their use in pharmacies. Such a system consists of a storage facility with storage racks arranged one above the other and a handling device (e.g. robot arm with gripper or grippers) that can be moved along the storage racks and is used to place medicines packed in boxes on the storage racks or to order them (by means of an external computer) to take the requested medication from the appropriate storage shelf and to transport it to a warehouse exit. There, the requested drug is typically transferred to a dispensing chute or onto a dispensing belt.

However, the device of the generic type and the method of the generic type are only suitable for issuing individual medications that have been ordered in the order in which they were queried or ordered.

WO 2011/151275 A1 discloses an order-picking system in which a warehouse management computer can virtually define an area on a central belt on which an order-picking order is to be picked. The constantly moving central belt is guided past various machines that can dispense medicines packed in boxes onto the virtual surface. At the end of the central belt, the picked boxes are brought into a collection container for this picking order and from prepared there with the transport system for dispatch or transported to another picking station.

DE 35 33 382 A1 discloses a computer-controlled picking system in which articles fall from inclined storage containers onto a collection belt and form loose heaps there, which fall into boxes at the end of the conveyor belt.

DE 28 35 404 A1 discloses a system for storing and dispensing objects, in particular medicines, with individual objects falling loosely onto a central conveyor belt and being conveyed by a cross belt into a collection container.

DE 202016 103 890 U1 discloses a picking system in which objects are first relocated from storage compartments for picking an order.

DE 10 2004 017 579 A1 discloses an order-picking system for medicines, in which case the medicines are placed manually on a collection belt in a random order and can slide into various collection containers via a central sorter.

The object of the present invention is to specify a system, a method and a use such that different types of objects, in particular those packaged in any way, can be stored and output in a controlled manner, with optimized picking for the production of spectacles being made possible in particular.

The object is achieved by a device according to patent claim 1, a method according to patent claim 24, 31 or 35 or a use according to patent claim 40 or 41.

The proposed system is preferably characterized in that, in particular, each storage device has at least one collecting belt, which extends along the storage shelves and opens into the warehouse exit, that at least one conveyor belt for transport crates extends along the warehouse exits, that a handling device is provided at each warehouse exit in particular, which is suitable for loading a transport crate with storable or stored objects located on the respective collecting belt, such that finally each transport crate is to be stored or contains stored items that belong to exactly one defined work order.

The proposed method is preferably characterized by the following procedural steps: depositing stored items on at least one collecting belt in such a way that items belonging to a defined work order are placed adjacent to one another, transporting the items placed on the at least one collecting belt to the warehouse exit, Loading a transport crate with the stored objects that belong to a defined work order, transporting the loaded transport crate out of the system.

Another aspect of the present invention that can also be implemented independently provides that storage containers with objects in them are first put together for a work order and then the objects for the work order are reloaded from the storage containers into a transport box. The storage containers are then preferably reclaimed and loaded or loaded with new objects for storage or temporary storage.

According to the proposal, automated and optimized picking of objects for the production of glasses is made possible in particular. It should be noted here that the items required for the production of glasses, in particular lenses or lens blanks, but also a frame, a tool and/or the like, are defined in particular or stored at certain positions in a transport box and/or by means of a storage container or a transport crate are automatically outsourced or handed over in order to enable a simple automated production of glasses. With the proposed system or the proposed method, it is possible (in contrast to the generic prior art) to store objects to be stored at any position within the storage facility, but to issue stored objects in a targeted manner so that in particular objects that belong together, ie Ge Objects that belong to the same work order together on a collection belt, ie to be stored next to each other in such a way that they appear one after the other at the warehouse exit, so that one and the same transport box can be loaded with them. In other words: the stored items are not handed over in the order in which they were ordered or queried, but sorted according to the respective work order.

Such work orders are typically manufacturing or assembly orders, with the stored items belonging to a work order being components for the manufacturing or assembly of an intermediate or end product.

A particularly preferred application or use of the proposed system or the proposed method relates to the optical industry, in particular the manufacture of spectacles. For this purpose, typically two lens blanks, possibly with different processing stages, an associated spectacle frame and/or one or more block pieces are combined, which belong to the same work order, for example for a particularly individually specified pair of spectacles.

Advantageous developments result from the dependent claims.

At least three storage devices are preferably provided. The more storage facilities are provided, the more items can be stored, depending on customer requirements. Furthermore, the redundancy of the proposed system is increased since, for example, if one storage facility fails, the remaining storage facilities are still functional. It is advantageous here if the items to be stored are distributed particularly evenly among all existing storage facilities according to type and type any kind or type of item is accessible even if a storage facility fails.

A preferred development of the present invention consists in the at least one collecting belt being designed and/or controlled in such a way that objects to be stored that belong to a defined work order are transported together to the warehouse exit.

In a particularly preferred manner, the at least one collecting band is controlled in a clocked manner. This development makes it possible to adapt the throughput of the output of stored objects in particular to individual customer requirements. Furthermore, the joint filing of items belonging to a work order on the collection belt is simplified.

A further, particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that at least two, preferably three, transport lanes are provided for transport crates. This makes overtaking possible, so that transport crates can be transported independently to a warehouse exit of any storage facility.

The at least two transport tracks are preferably designed in such a way that transport crates can be displaced between the at least two transport tracks. This increases the flexibility of transporting the transport crates to the various warehouse exits.

At least one transport track is expediently designed in such a way that loaded transport crates are transported out of the system, ie in particular fully loaded transport crates are collected on this transport track and in particular are ejected from the system one after the other. Preferably, at least some of the items to be stored are accommodated in storage containers. The storage containers are preferably used to hold objects, in particular special objects that are not packed in cardboard boxes, ie cannot be transported into the storage systems and stored on storage shelves as in the case of the medication storage described above. The use of storage containers has the advantage that the handling devices provided in the storage facilities can handle the storage containers without requiring any modification.

The storage containers are expediently provided with a readable storage medium, preferably an RFID chip, in order to individualize them.

Furthermore, at least one reading device is preferably provided, which is suitable for reading the readable storage medium and/or an identification, such as a barcode, located on the storable object or its packaging. As a result, the storage container and the object accommodated in it can be assigned to one another or "paired".

The term "paired" is preferably understood here to mean that the readable storage medium of a storage container and/or a transport box (see below) and the labeling of an object or its packaging are linked to one another, in particular in the form of data.

The linked data can be filed or stored in a database and/or on the readable storage medium. This makes it possible in particular that when the objects or storage containers and/or transport crates are transported by the proposed system, only the storage medium of the storage container or transport crate has to be read out in order in particular to obtain the data of the object. The proposed system gets or has the information in which storage container which object is included or on which shelf space this storage container is stored.

If an object accommodated in a storage container is ordered or retrieved, this storage container with the ordered or retrieved object accommodated therein is placed on the at least one collecting belt.

After loading the transport crates with objects, empty storage containers are left behind. These can advantageously be returned to a packing station or to a storage container by means of a return belt, in order to be restocked or stored there.

Some of the aforementioned and following aspects and features of the present invention can be combined with one another in any way, but can also be implemented independently of one another.

Further aspects, features, advantages and properties of the present invention result from the claims and the following description of a preferred embodiment based on the drawings.

It shows in a schematic representation, not true to scale:

1 shows a schematic plan view of a proposed system;

2 shows the system in a first perspective representation;

3 shows the system in a second perspective view;

4 shows the system with a schematic representation of collecting belts; 5 shows a schematic detailed view of a collection volume with a first cycle;

6 shows a schematic detailed view of an anthology with a second cycle;

7 shows a schematic detailed view of the warehouse exits with collecting belts,

transport lanes and return belts.

In the figures, the same reference symbols are used for the same components and parts, even if a repeated description is omitted.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a proposed system 1 for order picking or for transport, for storage and/or for the issuance of objects 2.

The objects 2 within the meaning of the present invention are preferably objects of the optical industry, in particular for the production of spectacles, for example, in particular ophthalmic lenses or lens blanks, spectacle frames, block pieces and/or consumables or tools, in particular for Processing of ophthalmic lenses. Optionally, however, it can also be contact lenses or objects for the production of contact lenses.

Multiple items 2 are preferably required for production orders (work orders) in the optical industry. Typically, to produce eyeglasses, two lens blanks or finished lenses, an eyeglass frame, and/or one or more block pieces are combined, particularly belonging to a work order. A "work order" within the meaning of the present invention is preferably understood to mean a production order in the optical industry, in particular an order for the production of glasses. Optionally, however, it can also be an order for the production of contact lenses or contact lens pairs.

According to the proposal, a work order 4 includes one or more objects 2 within the meaning of the present invention, in particular several or all objects 2 that are required to produce an optical object or product, such as glasses or other optical aids. 7 shows several objects 2 of a work order 4 , with four objects 2 of the work order 4 being located in storage positions I, II, III, IV and in particular (still) in storage containers 3 in the example shown.

The objects 2 can be unpackaged or in particular packed in any way, for example in cardboard boxes, bags, in particular made of plastic, and/or other containers known per se, as shown in Fig. 7 on a collecting belt 26 below schematically for one in a storage container 3 located object 2 indicated schematically.

In principle, the object 2 can also be packaged and/or provided with an identifier 2a itself or on its packaging, such as a barcode, a number or the like, as indicated below in FIG.

The objects 2, in particular per work order, can be different and/or similar objects.

The system 1 preferably has several storage units 10, 20, 30, three in the illustrated example, for receiving or storing the objects 2, as indicated in FIGS. 1 to 3, which in particular each have a storage rack 5, as shown schematically in FIG implied. In a preferred embodiment of the proposed system 1, the storage units 10 and SO are used to store all conceivable types of objects 2 to be stored or stored, such as spectacle frames, lens blanks, lenses of different processing stages or consumer goods, while the storage unit 20 is preferably used for storage storage of objects 2 accommodated in storage containers 3, such as eyeglass frames packed in bags.

The system 1 preferably has loading devices 11 , 31 .

The loading devices 11, 31 are preferably used for loading the storage units 10 or 30 with objects 2 which—similar to medicines or other pharmaceutical products—are in particular individually packed in cardboard boxes, such as lens blanks.

In the illustrated example, the loading device 11, 31 has a container with, in particular, a conveyor belt, a separating device and a conveyor belt 12, 32.

The purpose of the container is to receive the items 2, which are packaged in particular and which are to be stored or accommodated in the storage units 10, 30, in a disorderly or unsorted manner, with the conveyor belt, which is particularly integrated, automatically moving the items 2 to be stored in the direction of the separating device or .transported towards a warehouse entrance. By means of the separating device, the particularly disordered objects 2 are separated and conveyed or guided individually via a conveyor belt 12, 32 into the storage unit 10, 30. From there, the objects to be stored are 2 individually automated or picked up by a handling device (not shown) and stored in a storage location in a storage rack 5 of the respective La gereinheit 10, 30.

The loading devices 11, 31 are preferably located on the longitudinal sides of the storage devices 10, 30. The loading devices 11, 31 are particularly preferably arranged in such a way that they are accessible to an operator. -li-

The loading devices 11, B1 are preferably used for the automated and in particular orderly loading of the storage units 10, 30.

The filling or equipping of the container or conveyor belt of the loading devices 11, 31 is preferably carried out manually, in particular by an operator.

In a preferred embodiment, the objects 2 to be stored, which are to be stored via the loading devices 11, 31, are initially present in bundles with a number of objects 2, here in particular lens blanks, individually packed in cardboard boxes. The objects 2 packed in cardboard boxes are optionally freed from an outer packaging belonging to the container, in order then to be placed on the conveyor belt of the loading device 11, 31 in particular in a disorderly manner, particularly preferably poured into whoever. This is preferably done manually or by an operator.

After the preferably manual filling of the loading device 11, 31 with objects 2 to be stored, the objects 2 are transported by means of the conveyor belt to the separating device, the objects 2 are separated and/or stored via the conveyor belt 12, 32, preferably automatically.

Furthermore, the loading device 11, 31 serves in particular to place the objects 2 to be stored individually and/or in an orderly manner or in a defined position on the conveyor belt 12, 32 and/or to store them.

Furthermore, the system 1 preferably has one or more storage devices 13, 23, 33, which are assigned in particular to the storage units 10, 20, 30. In the illustrated example, the storage units 10, 20, 30 each have one or more storage devices 13, 23, 33, in particular on one of their end faces. The storage devices 13, 23, 33 serve in particular to store objects 2 received in storage containers 3 or to transport them into the storage units 10, 20, 30, in particular via corresponding storage entrances 103, 203, 303.

The storage containers 3 are preferably boxes that can have different dimensions or sizes, in particular. Alternatively, La gerbehälter 3 only one size can be used here. The storage container 3 are preferably made of plastic, but can also be made of any other material.

The storage containers 3 serve to accommodate at least some or all of the objects 2 to be stored, preferably individually.

The storage containers 3 can accommodate unpackaged items 2 and items 2 packaged in any way, particularly preferably in pouches and/or bags.

The storage containers 3 preferably have an integrated storage medium 3a, particularly preferably an RFID chip, in particular for their individualization, i.e. each storage container 3 preferably has its own or individual identifier, such as a combination of numbers and/or letters.

The system 1 preferably has one or more packing stations 40,41.

In the illustrated example, the packing stations 40, 41 are arranged on a conveyor belt or on a plurality of conveyor belts 46 of the system 1. Alternatively or additionally, the packing stations 40, 41 can also be outsourced to the system 1 or separated from it.

Items 2 are preferably delivered or made available at the packing stations 40, 41, in particular in any packaging units 42, 43 and/or preferably held in storage containers 44, 45. In the illustrated example, the packing stations 40, 41 serve in particular to transfer the delivered objects 2, in particular individually, into a storage container 3 each. Here, for example, a spectacle frame can be transferred to a larger storage container 3 and a “finished lens”, ie a lens that has in particular been finished, can be transferred to a smaller storage container 3 .

An object 2 can be transferred into a storage container 3—as indicated in FIGS. 1 to 3—manually, in particular by an operator. Alternatively or additionally, however, this can also take place automatically or, in particular, an automated unpacking system can be provided.

After a storage container 3 has been loaded with an object 2 to be stored, the aforementioned storage container 3 is stored and for this purpose initially preferably placed on a conveyor belt 46 .

The system 1 preferably has a treadmill 46, particularly preferably several, in particular two, treadmills 46. These serve in particular to transport the storage containers 3, which are in particular equipped with objects 2, to the storage entrances 103, 203, 303 or to the storage facilities 13, 23, 33.

To transport different storage containers 3 or storage containers 3 with under different dimensions or sizes, the conveyor belts 46 can have different measurements or widths, depending on the dimensions or width of the storage container 3.

The stocked with objects 2 storage container 3 are on one or more conveyor belts 46 preferably first out to a reader (not shown). The reading device is used in particular to read the data stored on the storage medium 3a or the RFID chip of the storage container 3 and/or the data, for example in the form of a barcode or other identification 2a, on the packaging in one Storage container 3 recorded objects 2 or stored on it itself. In the example shown, this data is combined or "paired" with one another in such a way that the proposed system 1 or, alternatively, the storage medium Sa of the storage container 3 stores which object 2 is in which storage container 3 .

In the example shown, the storage containers 3, which are in particular equipped with objects 2, are then transported to the storage devices 13, 23, 33, in particular by means of or on the conveyor belt 46.

In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor belts 46 run along the storage facility 10 or extend along its longitudinal side (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Especially before given to the treadmills 46 are arranged parallel to each other.

Furthermore, the conveyor belts 46 are preferably designed as a ramp or extend obliquely upwards in particular along the storage facility 10, in particular in the direction of the storage facilities 13, 23, 33. In this way, the storage containers 3 are connected to the storage facilities 13, 23, 33 transported.

The storage devices 13, 23, 33 are preferably arranged in a different or higher level than the loading devices 11, 31.

The storage devices 13, 23, 33 serve in particular to store objects 2 received in storage containers 3 or to transport them into the storage units 10, 20, 30.

The storage device 13, 23, 33 preferably has a transfer device, for example a gripping device and/or a pusher. This preferably serves to transport or grip and/or push the storage containers 3, in particular from the conveyor belt 46, onto a storage belt 15, 25, 35. In a preferred embodiment, the transfer device is a gripping device which takes or grips the storage container 3 to be stored from the conveyor belt 46 , lifts the storage container 3 and then places it on a storage belt 15 , 25 , 35 .

The storage belts 15, 25, 35 preferably serve to transport the storage containers 3, which are in particular equipped with objects 2, into the interior of the storage units 10, 20, 30. There, the storage containers 3 are automated or picked up by a handling device (not shown) and placed in a storage rack 5, in particular on a storage space of a storage rack 5.

The system 1 preferably has one or more reading devices 14, 24, 34, in particular on or in the area of the storage devices 13, 23, 33, in particular for readable memory elements, such as RFID chips and/or barcodes .

The reading devices 14, 24, 34 are preferably used to read the storage medium 3a or the RFID chip of the storage container 3. This primarily serves the purpose of detecting or tracking the storage containers 3 delivered via the conveyor belt 46 or via the ramp and containing objects 2 to be stored and/or to assign or assign the storage container 3 to be stored to a storage unit 10, 20, 30. to decide in which storage unit 10, 20, 30 the storage container 3 is to be transported or stored.

The proposed system 1 now knows in which storage container 3 which item 2 is stored (higher-level software) or in which storage facility 10, 20, 30 or in which storage rack 5 and/or storage location a storage container 3 or, for example, a object 2 defined by a barcode is stored (storage software).

Optionally, the system 1 also has a conveyor belt, in particular a chute, which is preferably used to transport storage containers 3 that are not in one of the storage units 10, 20, 30 are to be transported or stored, to be transported away or discharged. For example, a storage medium that cannot be read, such as a faulty RFID chip or an RFID chip containing faulty data, can result in a storage container 3 equipped with an object 2, which was transported via a conveyor belt 46 to a storage facility 13, 23, 33 should not be stored. In this case, the corresponding storage container 3 can be transported past the storage entrances 103, 203, 303 or storage facilities 13, 23, 33 in the direction of the conveyor belt and transported away via the conveyor belt or ejected from the system 1.

FIG. 4 shows an enlarged section of the system 1 according to FIGS. 1 to 3, the focus being in particular on the picking of the stored objects 2.

The storage units 10, 20, 30, particularly preferably each storage unit 10, 20, 30, preferably have a collection belt 16, 26, 36, with the collection belt 16, 26, 36 preferably extending along the storage shelves 5 and in particular in one each Warehouse exit 17, 27, 37 opens.

In the example shown, the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 preferably extend over the entire length of the storage facility 10, 20, 30 or storage racks 5. However, the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 can also be shorter, e.g. only half as long or extend only over a section or not over the entire length of the storage devices 10, 20, 30.

The collecting belts 16, 26, 36 serve in particular to receive objects 2 stored in the storage units 10, 20, 30 or storage containers 3 equipped with objects 2, preferably on a work order basis, and to transport them to the warehouse exit 17, 27, 37. The transport can be continuous and/or clocked.

Optionally, the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 can also be formed by the storage belts 15, 25, 35 or vice versa. Optionally, the loading devices 11, B1 and conveyor belts 12, 32 or their function can also be implemented by the storage devices 13, 23, 33.

The storage devices 13, 23, 33 optionally include the storage belts 15, 25, 35 and/or the reading devices 14, 24, 34.

The storage units 10, 20, 30, loading devices 11, 31 and/or storage devices 13, 23, 33 preferably have one or more handling devices 6 (indicated schematically in FIG. 4) for storing objects 2 (with or without storage containers 3). Storage rack 5 or more storage racks 5 and / or for swapping out of a storage rack 5 or more storage racks 5 on.

Optionally, the handling devices 6 can also have the reading devices 14 , 24 , 34 .

Figures 5 and 6 show partial views of collecting belts 16, 26, 36 with different control or clocking.

In the example shown, it is assumed that a work order 4 includes up to four, i.e. one to four, objects 2. For example, a work order 4 can consist of two lenses or lens blanks and two block pieces or of two lenses or lens blanks and a spectacle frame.

Furthermore, the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 preferably has at least one storage space 19, 29, 39 (identified by the dashed border) on which the objects 2 or the storage containers 3 equipped with objects 2 from the storage rack 5 of the corresponding storage unit 10, 20, 30 belonging to a work order 4 are (should be) filed. Accordingly, the storage location 19, 29, 39 or the collection tape 16, 26, 36 per work order 4 preferably has four storage positions I, II, III, IV.

Accordingly, up to four objects 2 or storage containers 3 stocked with objects 2, which belong to the same work order 4, on the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 or on the defined storage space 19, 29, 39, in particular next to each other, on the shelf positions I, II, III and/or IV. Not all positions have to be filled. For example, a lens blank can be placed in storage positions I, II and a spectacle frame can be placed in position III, while position IV remains free.

The objects 2 or storage containers 3 belonging to a work order 4 are preferably deposited in the storage location 19, 29, 39 of the respective collection belt 16, 26, 36 in a defined manner (i.e. in particular at the defined storage positions I to IV within the respective storage space 19, 29, 39 or generally within a specific storage space 19, 29, 39) or ordered, individually and / or next to each other.

Preferably, the depositing on the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 takes place only at a defined or single (in Fig. 5 and 6 in particular the far left) storage location 19, 29, 39.

A handling device 6, which is indicated schematically in Fig. 4 and optionally also serves to store objects 2 with and/or without storage containers 3 in the storage rack 5, takes or grips (preferably by means of a manipulator 6a only indicated schematically), in particular one after the other and/or individually an object 2 or a storage container 3 from its respective storage location or from the respective storage rack 5 and places it in a defined or on a defined storage position I, II, III, IV on storage space 19, 29, 39 or .the anthologies 16, 26, 36. In this way, objects 2 or storage containers 3 belonging to a work order 4 are assembled or picked in a particularly orderly manner with the corresponding objects 2. On the storage space 19, 29, 39 filed, belonging to a work order 4 counter stands 2 or storage container 3 are then transported or promoted on the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 to the warehouse output 17, 27, 37. This can be done in different ways.

In a first variant of the proposed method, the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 is moved slowly but continuously in the direction of the arrow (in the direction of the respective storage outlets 17, 27, 37). The speed is preferably low enough for the handling device 6 to pick up all objects 2 belonging to the same work order 4 or their storage containers 3 from their respective storage location and place them in the respective positions I, II, III, IV on the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 can drop.

In a second, preferred variant of the proposed method, the collecting conveyor 16, 26, 36 is controlled in a clocked manner. In particular, the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 stands still as long as or while the storage positions I, II, III and/or IV are occupied with objects 2 or their storage containers 3. Then the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 is moved by a certain, preselected distance in the direction of the arrow (in the direction of the respective bearing outlets 17, 27, 37) and then stopped again. New storage positions I, II, III, IV, located upstream, are now loaded with objects 2 belonging to the same work order 4 .

This second, preferred variant of the proposed method has the advantage that, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each collecting belt 16, 26, 36 can be clocked individually, in particular depending on the customer's requirements.

The representation example according to FIG. 5 shows, in comparison to FIG. are defined or arranged on the collection belt 16, 26, 36 from one another. Between the left storage space 19, 29, 39, which is currently being occupied by the handling device 6, for example with the objects 2 or storage containers 3 - here of the order 4.4 - and the position during reloading - here the right storage space 19, 29, 39 or job 4.1 - a buffer zone 56 is formed, which in particular includes two or more storage locations 19, 29, 39 or jobs 4.2 and 4.3.

The representation example according to FIG. 6 shows a comparatively longer cycle, preferably with the work orders 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, in particular with their respective positions I, II, III, IV, being defined at a greater distance from one another on the collection belt 16, 26, 36. Here the buffer zone 56 includes, for example, only one storage location 19, 29, 39 or job 4.2.

Figure 7 shows a detailed view of the respective warehouse exits 17 (not shown), 27, 37 and illustrates the process of transferring or reloading the objects 2 delivered by means of the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 into transport boxes 50.

The system 1 has transport boxes 50, which are used in particular for receiving and transporting stored and/or picked items or items 2 that have been put together for a work order.

The transport crates 50 preferably have several or defined receiving locations 50a and preferably at least enough space or at least so many receiving locations 50a that all objects 2 of a work order 4 can be transported in a common transport crate 50 . The number of available receiving locations 50a per transport box 50 particularly preferably corresponds to the number of storage positions I, II, III, IV per storage location 19, 29, 39 on the collecting belt 16, 26, 36. In other words, a transport box 50 preferably corresponds to a work order 4.

The system 1 preferably has a plurality of transport tracks 51, 52, 53. The transport tracks 51, 52, 53 are preferably used to transport the transport crates 50, in particular along the storage exits 17, 27, 37.

The transport tracks 51, 52, 53 are preferably arranged parallel to one another and/or in particular have the same running direction along or in relation to the bearing outlets 17, 27, 37.

In the illustrated example, the transport tracks 51, 52, 53 are designed as separate transport belts. However, the transport tracks 51, 52, 53 can also be designed as a single (wide) transport belt or in the form of two transport belts, for example in the form of a narrow and a wide transport belt. However, other constructive solutions are also possible.

Preferably, the transport tracks 51, 52, 53 or conveyor belts are driven by a common motor. However, instead of one motor, several motors can also be provided. In particular, this allows the conveyor belts to be operated at different speeds.

The system 1 preferably has a (third) transport track 53, which is primarily used to transport or eject fully loaded, in particular fully loaded, transport crates 50 from the proposed system 1. However, the transport lane 53 can also serve as an overtaking lane for partially loaded transport crates 50 and/or for ejecting incorrectly loaded transport crates 50 .

The system 1 preferably also has a (second) transport track 52 on which, in particular, empty and/or partially loaded transport boxes 50 are loaded with objects 2 or on which the objects 2 belonging to a work order 4 are assembled or commissioned in the respective transport box 50 will. In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the system 1 preferably has a (first) transport track 51, which is preferably used to introduce empty transport crates 50 in particular.

In the illustrated example, three transport tracks 51, 52, 53 are provided, which run from left to right in FIG. 7 in the direction of the arrow.

"Fully loaded" transport crates 50 in the context of the present invention is to be understood in particular that the transport crates 50 are equipped or loaded with all objects 2 that belong to a work order 4. In particular, a transport crate 50 can also be fully loaded, even if not all of the slots 50a available in the transport box 50 are occupied, depending on how many items 2 belong to a work order 4.

"Partially loaded" in the sense of the present invention means in particular that the transport box 50 is not (yet) equipped or loaded with all objects 2 belonging to a work order. For example, a work order 4 can also include objects 2 that are in different storage units 10, 20, 30. Then, in an exemplary scenario, a transport box 50 is first loaded with objects 2 from the storage unit 10, transported in the partially loaded state on the transport lane 52 or 53 to the storage unit 30 and there with the rest to the same work station carry 4 belonging items 2 loaded.

As can be seen in FIGS. 4 and 7, the system 1 preferably has a handling device 18, 28, 38 at the warehouse outlets 17, 27, 37, particularly preferably at each warehouse outlet 17, 27, 37.

The handling devices 18, 28, 38 are preferably used to load transport crates 50 with objects 2 and/or to transfer, in particular to push, the transport crates 50 from one transport lane 51, 52, 53 to the other. The handling device 18, 28, 38 is used in particular to pick up or grip objects 2 located on or delivered by the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 directly and/or from the associated storage containers 3 and, in particular, to transfer them into transport boxes 50 on an order-by-work basis . The handling device 18, 28, 38 expediently has a manipulator (in FIG. 7 the manipulator 28b of the handling device 28 is indicated by way of example) or one or more gripping devices known per se for loading the transport boxes 50. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the manipulator 18b, 28b, 38b is designed as a suction cup or comprises one or more suction cups.

The objects 2 are picked up or gripped from the collection belt 16, 26, 36 or from the storage containers 3 by the handling device 18, 28, 38 or its manipulator 18b, 28b, 38b, preferably individually. This in turn allows the objects 2 to be deposited in a defined or orderly manner in the respective transport box 50, in particular with the desired positioning and/or orientation or on the respective storage space 50a.

Furthermore, the handling device 18, 28, 38 or the system 1 optionally has at least one transfer unit for transferring the transport crates 50 between the transport lanes 51, 52, 53. The transfer unit is preferably designed as a slide or can comprise one or more slides.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the transfer unit comprises several, in particular two, slides, preferably in the form of forks, which move the transport crates in particular transversely to the conveying direction of the transport tracks 51, 52, 53. For example, one pusher can serve or be designed to push empty transport crates 50 from the first transport track 51 to the second transport track 52, while another pusher serves to move transport crates 50 loaded with objects 2 from the second transport track 52 to the third transport track 53 to push. Optionally, the handling device 18, 28, 38 or the system 1 or the transfer unit also has a pusher, which serves in particular to push partially loaded transport crates 50 from the transport track 53, which is designed in particular as a fast lane, or the third transport track 53, onto the transport track 52 .

Furthermore, the system 1 or the handling device 18 , 28 , 38 preferably has one or more transfer units or pushers, particularly preferably in the form of stamps, for ejecting storage containers 3 , in particular empty ones, in particular onto a return belt 54 .

Furthermore, the system 1 preferably has the return belt 54 . This is used in particular for ejecting or returning storage containers 3, in particular empty ones, particularly preferably to the storage containers 44, 45 and/or the packing stations 40, 41.

The return belt 54 is preferably arranged above the transport tracks 51, 52, 53 or at the height of the collecting belts 16, 26, 36.

The conveying direction of the return belt 54 is preferably opposite to the conveying direction of the transport tracks 51, 52, 53. However, other constructive solutions are also possible here.

In a preferred embodiment, the system 1 optionally has additional belt sections 18a (not shown), 28a, 38a, which are used in particular for intermediate storage of empty storage containers 3. As shown in FIG. 7, these sections can be arranged or run parallel to the return belt 54, but alternatively also transversely to the return belt 54 or parallel and/or adjacent to the collecting belt 16, 26, 36.

After loading a transport box 50 with objects 2 by the handling device 18, 28, 38, the empty storage container 3 is removed from the handling device 18, 28, 38 or the transfer unit is preferably transferred or pushed onto the belt section 18a, 28a, 38a. From there, the empty storage container 3 can be transferred or pushed onto the return belt 54 .

Alternatively or additionally or in principle, the empty storage container 3 can also be conveyed or pushed directly onto the return belt 54 from the collection belt 16, 26, 36.

However, if the return belt 54, in particular in the area of the handling device 18, 28, 38, should already be occupied by a storage container 3, the relevant empty storage container 3 can be removed from the collecting belt 16, 26, 36 is transferred or pushed onto a belt section 18a, 28a, 38a, in particular in such a way that the empty storage container 3 can run along on the respective belt section 18a, 28a, 38a, preferably parallel to the return belt 54. Preferably, the empty storage container 3 can then be pushed onto a free space on the return belt 54 by means of a pusher known per se.

The empty storage containers 3 are transported away via the return belt 54, in particular to the packing stations 40, 41 and/or storage containers 44, 45, and are preferably loaded with new objects or objects 2 to be stored and/or commissioned for loading.

The handling devices 18, 28, 38 preferably each have a manipulator 18b, 28b, 38b (in Fig. 7, for reasons of simplification, only the handling device 28 with its manipulator 28b is shown very schematically) for preferably individually picking up, in particular gripping, an object 2, in order to deposit or reload it in a desired transport box 50 and in particular to position the object 2 on the desired receiving space 50a in the transport box, i.e. to deposit it in a defined manner. The handling devices 18, 28, 38 or their manipulator 18b, 28b, 38b are preferably arranged above the collecting belts 16, 26, 36 and/or transport tracks 51, 52, 53 and/or along and in particular also transversely to the conveying direction the Trans port crates 50 and the transport lanes 51, 52, 53 movable to record the items 2 in their respective positions I to IV and desired to store them at a storage location 50a of the transport crate 50 can.

The handling device 18, 28, 38 or the transport lanes 51, 52, 53 are preferably assigned different areas B for the transport crates 50. This is explained in more detail below by way of example with reference to FIG. 7 , in particular with regard to the handling device 28 . In Fig. 7, the handling device 28 is indicated only by dashed lines and the other handling devices 18, 38 are omitted for clarity, even if the same applies in this regard.

The system 1 or the handling device 28 preferably has an area B1 in which an empty transport box 50 can be pushed from the first transport track 51 onto the second transport track 52 by means of the transfer unit or a pusher. B1 is preferably upstream or in front of and/or below the respective handling device 28 or the respective collection belt 26 or storage outlet 27.

Furthermore, an area B2 is preferably provided, which acts in particular as a waiting area for preferably empty or partially loaded transport crates 50 before (further) loading with objects 2. B2 preferably follows B1 and/or refers in particular to the second transport track 52 and/or preferably extends under the respective collecting belt 26 and/or beyond this or the respective storage outlet 27 in the conveying direction.

In addition, the system 1 or the handling device 28 preferably has a region B3 in which the transport crates 50 are loaded with objects 2, in particular by means of the respective manipulator 28b of the respective handling device 28. B3 preferably follows B2 and/or relates in particular to the second transport track 52.

Another optional area B4 is preferably connected to B3 and/or preferably serves as a waiting area for fully and/or partially loaded transport crates 50.

Furthermore, the system 1 or the respective handling device 28 preferably has an area B5 in which the transfer of completely and/or partially loaded transport crates 50 to the third transport lane 53 for ejection from the system 1 can take place.

At or in front of the warehouse exits 17, 27, 37 or in areas B1, a certain number of empty transport crates 50 are preferably pushed or transferred, in particular from the first transport track 51 to the second transport track 52, and are preferably transported there in area B2 or held in the waiting area.

Since three transport lanes 51, 52, 53 are provided in the exemplary embodiment, there are several scenarios or processes for loading the transport crates 50 according to the proposal.

In a first, preferred scenario or process, a transport crate 50 is transported on the transport track 52 from area B2 or the waiting area to a warehouse exit 17, 27, 37 and/or to area B3 and there, in particular, completely or with all the items requested , belonging to one and the same operation objects 2 loaded the. The transport crate 50 is then transported on the transport track 52 to another waiting area or area B4 and then or in area B5 by means of the transfer unit or a pusher of the handling device 18, 28, 38 to a free space on the transport track 53 pushed or transferred and ejected from the system 1 via the transport track 53 . In a second scenario or process, a transport box 50 is loaded at several warehouse outputs 17, 27 or 27, 37 or 17, 27, 37, ie it needs two or three different dene and / or consecutive or spaced warehouse outputs to full to be loaded constantly or with all items 2 belonging to a work order 4 . In this case, a partially loaded or not fully loaded transport box 50 is preferably transported on the second or middle transport lane 52 to the immediately following warehouse exit 27, 37 and loaded there, as described above. Finally, as already described, the fully loaded transport box 50 is pushed or transferred onto the conveyor belt 53, particularly in the corresponding area B5, and is transported or discharged out of the proposed system 1.

In a third scenario or process, a transport box 50 is loaded at or in front of a plurality of warehouse exits 17, 37, with at least one warehouse exit 27 lying in between or being skipped. In this case, the transport crate 50 that is incompletely loaded from the warehouse exit 17 is pushed or transferred onto the first transport track 51 or the third transport track 53 and transported by this to the area B1 of the handling device 38 or to the warehouse exit 37, where it opens again the middle transport track 52 or that used for loading is pushed. Then the complete loading takes place and the ejection of the transport crate 50 from the system 1 as described.

In a fourth scenario or process, two lens blanks are to be combined with a so-called "customer frame", ie an individual spectacle frame, e.g. sent by an optician. Theoretically, with the exception of the edging, the lens blanks could be finished and stored until the However, it is preferable to start manufacturing the spectacles only after the spectacle frame is in. This is then, for example, manually placed in a shipping box 50, and the shipping box 50 is treated as an incompletely loaded shipping box 50, as above described for the second and third scenario.After the automated complete loading, in particular with the lens blanks, this transport box 50 can also be discharged or handed over as described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transport crates 50 can optionally also pass through a reading device 48 and/or a printer 49, in particular while they are being transported out of the system 1.

The reading device 48 is preferably used to read a storage medium, such as an RFID chip, integrated in particular in the transport box 50, in particular in such a way that the work order received or associated therein is identified.

The printer 49 is used in particular to print a so-called "job ticket" or a ticket, which is used to identify a work order. In a preferred embodiment, the printer 49 is a combination device, preferably comprising a printer, a folding machine and/or a handle, which in particular a "job ticket" with the details of the respective job prints out, folds it and/or places it in the transport box 50.

Optionally, reader 48 and printer 49 can also be integrated or combined in a single device.

Furthermore, two or more printers 49 and/or readers 48 can also be present, in particular to improve redundancy.

As can be seen in FIG. 1, the system 1 preferably has a waiting or discharge belt 55 . This is used for ejecting shipping boxes 50 that are in particular faulty or incorrectly equipped. In this case, the ejection belt 55 is optionally used for intermediate storage or storage, in particular if a later recall of this transport box 50 to a handling device 18, 28, 38 for further loading is possible. The discharge belt 55 is preferably arranged behind the storage units 10, 20, 30 and/or behind or at the end of the transport tracks 51, 52, 53. As an alternative or in addition, the discharge belt 55 is arranged behind the printer 49 . This allows transport crates 50 with erroneously produced or printed "job tickets" to be ejected.

The ejector belt 55 preferably branches off from the third transport track 53 serving for an output or delivery of loaded transport crates 50 or runs parallel to it.

Optionally, the system 1--in particular as an alternative or in addition to the ejection belt 55--has an intermediate store 9 for transport crates 50 that are in particular fully loaded, but possibly also partially loaded, as indicated in FIG.

Optionally, the system 1 - in particular as an alternative or in addition to the intermediate store 9 - has a crate store 8 for empty, but possibly also partially loaded transport crates 50. In particular, the empty transport crates 50 can be delivered or issued from the crate store 8 to or via the (first) transport track 51 .

Conveniently, the interim storage or storage or provision of transport crates 50 takes place in stacks or in the form of stacks, as can be seen in particular in FIGS.

Optionally, the system 1 has a container store 7 for empty, but possibly also loaded and/or faulty storage containers 3 . The container store 7 is preferably connected to the return belt 54 and/or is arranged upstream of the packing station 40, 41 or the storage container 44, 45 in the recovery area.

Packed objects 2, such as lens blanks packed in cardboard boxes or spectacle frames packed in plastic bags, are preferably unpacked after the special complete picking of Ge objects 2 belonging to a work order 4, ie preferably after the transport boxes 50 have been equipped or loaded with all objects 2 belonging to the work order 4, in particular after leaving the system 1 or buffer store 9.

The unpacking can be done manually, in particular by an operator, and/or automatically, for example by processing devices that are designed to unpack objects 2 .

A single transport box 50 particularly preferably contains all objects 2 belonging to a specific, ie exactly one work order 4. However, two or more transport boxes 50 can optionally also contain the objects 2 belonging to a specific, ie exactly one work order 4.

After transporting out the transport crates 50, which in particular belong to a work order 4, the objects 2, from the system 1, the transport crates 50 can be transported to a working position or to a processing system or device, not shown, can be further promoted.

The working position or processing system can be processing equipment such as block devices, lathes and/or milling machines, polishing machines, cleaning machines, coating devices and/or other machines or devices that are used in particular to produce glasses from lens blanks and a serve as a frame for glasses.

The transport boxes 50 can also be introduced into a self-organizing system, as described, for example, in EP 2 822 883 A1.

As a result, a system 1, a method and a use are proposed with which any objects belonging in particular to the same work order 4 2 can preferably be automatically accommodated in one and the same transport box 50, which can be adapted highly flexibly to customer requirements and which have a high level of redundancy, so that if, for example, a storage facility 10, 20, 30 fails, the remaining components of the proposed system 1 can continue to work .

A proposed method is preferably characterized by the following procedural steps: Depositing stored objects 2 on at least one collecting belt 16, 26, 36 in such a way that objects 2 belonging to a defined work order 4 are stored next to one another, transporting the objects on the at least one collecting band 16, 26, 36 stored objects 2 to the warehouse exit 17, 27, 37, loading a transport box 50 with the stored objects 2 belonging to a defined work order 4, and transporting the loaded transport box 50 out of the system 1.

Another aspect of the present invention that can also be implemented independently provides that storage containers 3 with objects 2 in them are first put together for a work order 4 and then the objects 2 for work order 4 are reloaded from the storage containers 3 into a transport box 50 will. At closing, the storage container 3 is then preferably reclaimed and loaded or loaded with new objects 2 for storage or temporary storage.

According to the proposal, automated and optimized picking of objects 2 for the production of spectacles is made possible in particular. It should be noted here that the objects 2 required for the production of glasses, in particular lenses or lens blanks, but also a glasses frame, a tool and/or the like, are in particular defined or placed in a transport box 50 at specific positions and /or by means of a storage container 3 or a transport crate 50 are automatically removed or handed over in order to enable simple, automated eyeglass production. With the proposed system 1 or the proposed method, it is possible (in contrast to the prior art) to store objects 2 to be stored at any position within the storage facility 10, 20, SO, but to issue stored objects 2 in a targeted manner such that in particular objects 2 that belong together, ie objects 2 that belong to the same work order 4, together on a collection belt 16, 26, 36, ie essentially next to one another, such that they appear one after the other at the warehouse exit 17, 27, 37, so that a and the same shipping box 50 can be loaded with them. In other words, the stored objects 2 are preferably not handed over in the order in which they were ordered or queried, but sorted according to the respective work order 4 .

Such work orders 4 are typically manufacturing or assembly orders, whereby the stored items 2 belonging to a work order 4 can also be equipment, tools and other components for the manufacture or assembly of an intermediate product or end product. Optionally, the objects 2, for example tools, can also be used for the production of a number of glasses, ie for a number of work orders 4, or can be commissioned or issued.

A particularly preferred application or use of the proposed system or the proposed method relates to the optical industry, in particular the manufacture of spectacles. For this purpose, typically two lens blanks, possibly with different processing stages, an associated spectacle frame and/or one or more block pieces are combined, which belong to the same work order 4, for example for a particularly individually specified pair of spectacles. Reference List

System 18, 28, 38 handling device

Item 18a, 28a, 38a Tape sectiona Marking 18b, 28b, 38b Manipulator

storage container 19, 29, 39 storage spacea storage medium 40, 41 packing station

Work order 42, 43 packaging unit

Storage rack 44, 45 storage bins

Handling device 46 treadmill manipulator 48 reader

Bin store 49 printers

Crate Storage 50 transport crate

Intermediate store 50a receiving location 0, 20, 30 storage units 51, 52, 53 transport track 1, 31 loading device 54 return belt 2, 32 conveyor belt 55 discharge belt 3, 23, 33 storage device 56 buffer zone 4, 24, 34 reading device 103, 203, 303 warehouse entrance 5, 25, 35 storage belt B1 - B5 area 6, 26, 36 collection belt I, II, III, IV storage position7, 27, 37 warehouse exit

Claims

patent claims

1. System (1) for the transport and storage of objects (2), with at least two storage facilities (10, 20, SO) comprising storage racks (5), at least one La gereingang (103, 203, 303) and at least one warehouse output ( 17, 27, 37) in particular and at least one handling device (6) for objects (2) to be stored, characterized in that

- Each storage device (10, 20, 30) or the storage devices (10, 20, 30) has or have at least one collection belt (16, 26, 36) which extends along the storage racks (5) and into the warehouse exit (17, 27, 37) flows,

- that at least one transport track (51, 52, 53) for transport boxes (50) extends along the storage exits (17, 27, 37),

- That a handling device (18, 28, 38) is assigned to the warehouse outlets (17, 27, 37) or at each warehouse outlet (17, 27, 37), which is suitable for carrying a transport box (50) on the respective to load the collecting belt (16, 26, 36) or storable or stored objects (2) on the collecting belts (16, 26, 36),

- In such a way that finally each transport box (50) to be stored or stored objects contains (2) that belong to exactly one defined work order (4).

2. System according to patent claim 1, characterized in that it comprises three storage devices (10, 20, 30).

3. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36) is designed and/or controlled in such a way that objects (2) to be stored or stored are to be assigned to a defined work order ( 4) belong to be transported together to the warehouse exit (17, 27, 37).

4. System according to claim 5, characterized in that the at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36) is controlled in a clocked manner.

5. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two, preferably three transport lanes (51, 52, 53) for transport boxes (50) are provided.

6. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that at least two transport tracks (51, 52, 53) or the system (1) are or is formed in such a way that transport boxes (50) are located between the at least two transport tracks ( 51, 52, 53) can change or are displaceable.

7. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that at least one transport track (53) is designed in such a way that in particular loaded transport boxes (50) are transported out of the system (1).

8. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that a first transport track (51) for feeding empty transport boxes (50), a second transport track (52) for loading the transport boxes (50) with the objects (2) and the second or a third transport track (53) is provided for conveying away and/or temporarily storing loaded transport crates (50).

9. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the at least one transport track (51, 52, 53) or all transport tracks (51, 52, 53) run or run under the at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36). .

10. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that collecting belts (16, 26, 36) and storage racks (5) parallel to each other and the min at least one transport track (51, 52, 53) transversely or perpendicularly to it are ordered.

11. System according to any one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that at least some of the objects (2) to be stored are accommodated or can be accommodated in storage containers (3).

12. System according to patent claim 11, characterized in that the storage containers (3) are provided with a readable storage medium (3a), preferably an RFID chip.

13. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one reading device (48) is provided which is suitable for reading a res storage medium (3a), in particular on a storage container (3) or a transport box (50), and /or read out an identification (2a) on the storable object (2) or its packaging, preferably in order to identify the objects (2) or to ensure or check the desired loading of a transport box (50) for the work order (4). to be able to

14. System according to claims 12 and 13, characterized in that the storage medium (3a) can be read out by means of the reading device (48).

15. System according to one of Patent Claims 11 to 14, characterized in that at least one return belt (54) for storage containers (3) is provided, in particular for returning empty storage containers (3) to a packing station (40, 41) of the system (1st ) for filling the storage container (3) with objects (2) to be stored.

16. System according to any one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the system (1) has a container store (7) for empty storage containers (S) for objects (2) to be stored.

17. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the system (1) or the storage devices (10, 20, SO) has or have at least one handling device (6).

18. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the handling device (6) for the defined depositing or positioning of objects (2) or of storage containers (3) with the objects (2) on the (each respective) collecting belt ( 16, 26, 36), in particular on a local storage area (19, 29, 39).

19. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the handling device (6) is designed for retrieval from a storage rack (5) and optionally storing objects (2) accommodated in particular in storage containers (3) in the storage rack (5). .

20. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the handling device (18, 28, 38) for picking up, preferably gripping, the objects (2) from the (respective) collection belt (16, 26, 36), in particular individually, at a storage location (19, 29, 39) and/or storage container (3) and in particular defi ned or individually deposited in the transport box (50).

21. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handling device (18, 28, 38) is arranged over an associated collection belt (16, 26, 36) and over an associated transport track (51, 52, 53).

22. System according to one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the system (1) or the handling device (18, 28, 38) for transferring, changing and/or pushing the transport crates (50) one at a time, in particular, from a transport track (51, 52 , 53) is formed to another.

23. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the system (1) has a crate store (8) for empty transport crates (50) and/or an intermediate store (9) for loaded transport crates (50).

24. Method for issuing stored objects (2) from a system (1) with at least two storage facilities (10, 20, 30) comprising storage racks (5), at least one storage entrance (103, 203, 303) and at least one storage exit ( 17, 27, 37) in particular and at least one handling device (6) for stored objects (2), characterized by the following method steps: a) depositing stored objects (2) on at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36), wherein objects (2) belonging to a defined work order (4) are placed adjacent to one another and/or in a defined storage location (19, 29, 39), b) transport of the items on the at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36 ) deposited objects (2) to the warehouse exit (17, 27, 37), c) loading a transport crate (50) with the deposited objects (2), which belong to a work order (4), d) transporting out the loaded transport crate ( 50) from the system (1).

25. The method according to claim 24, characterized in that the at least one collecting belt (16, 26, 36) is controlled in a clocked manner.

26. The method according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that the particular special empty transport boxes (50) independently to a warehouse exit (17, 27, 37) of any storage device (10, 20, 30) can be transported.

27. The method according to any one of patent claims 24 to 26, characterized in that storage containers (3) are used at least partially for the storage of stored objects (2).

28. The method according to claim 27, characterized in that in step a) the objects (2) stored in storage containers (3) are deposited on a collecting belt (16, 26, 36), in which a storage container (3) with a stored Ge object (3) on which at least one collection tape (16, 26, 36) is placed.

29. The method according to any one of claims 24 to 28, characterized in that in step c) a transport box (50) is loaded by removing an object (2) held in a storage container (3) from the storage container (3) and placing it in the transport box (50) is placed.

30. The method according to any one of claims 24 to 28, characterized in that at least one reading device (48) reads both a readable storage medium (3a) on a storage container (3) and an object (2) or its Labeling (2a) located on the packaging is read and the read data are linked to one another, in particular to clearly identify the objects (2) and/or the storage locations.

31. A method for issuing or picking stored objects (2), characterized by the following method steps: a) storing or temporarily storing the objects (2), in particular individually in storage containers (3); b) assembling several objects (2) for a work order (4); c) reloading the objects (2) for the work order (4) from the storage containers (3) into a transport box (50); d) reclaiming of the storage containers (3) and charging them with new items (2) for storage or interim storage according to step a).

32. The method according to claim 31, characterized in that in step b) the objects (2) stored in storage containers (3) are put together on a collection belt (16, 26, 36) and/or storage area (19, 29, 39 ) takes place in that at least one storage container (3) with an object (3) stored therein is placed on the collection belt (16, 26, 36) or the storage area (19, 29, 39).

33. The method according to claim 32, characterized in that the objects (2) are reloaded into the transport box (50) at a storage exit (17, 27, 37) of a storage unit (10, 20, 30).

34. Method according to one of claims 31 or 33, characterized by the further method steps according to one of claims 24 to 30.

35. A method for issuing or picking objects (2) for eyewear production, characterized by the following method steps: a) automated retrieval of objects (2) from at least one storage rack

(5); b) automated assembling of several or all objects (2) for a work order (4) for the production of glasses; c) automated depositing of the objects (2) for the work order (4), in particular at defined storage locations (50a), in a transport box (50); d) automated further promotion of the loaded transport box (50) for the particular special automated spectacles production.

36. Method according to one of claims 35, characterized by the further method steps according to one of claims 24 to 34.

37. Method according to one of Patent Claims 24 to 36, characterized in that the transport crate (50) is transported successively to different storage outlets (17, 27, 37) and/or via different collecting belts (16, 26, 36) or handling devices (18 , 28, 38) is charged or loaded with the objects (2) of a work order (4).

38. The method according to any one of claims 24 to 35, characterized in that transport crates (50) and empty storage containers (3) in the area of storage outlets (17, 27, 37) or of handling devices (18, 28, 38) in opposite Rich be further promoted.

39. The method according to any one of patent claims 24 to 36, characterized in that the objects (2) of a work order (4) are deposited in defined positions or deposit areas (50a) in the respective transport box (50).

40. Use of a system (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 23 and / or a method according to any one of claims 24 to 39 for picking objects (2) for work orders (4) for the production of glasses (2), wherein at least two lenses or lens blanks, a spectacle frame and/or a tool for processing ophthalmic lenses are placed in the transport box (50) for a work order (4) by means of a handling device (18, 28, 38) or automatically.

41. Use of a system (1), in particular according to one of claims 1 to 23, and/or a method, in particular according to one of claims 24 to 40, with at least one storage rack (5) and at least one handling device (6) and/or handling device (18, 28, 38) for picking objects (2) for the production of spectacles (2), wherein at least one operating means or tool for processing ophthalmic lenses by means of a storage container (3) or a transport box (50) is automatically outsourced or handed over.